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History of China

China is one of the world's most ancient civilizations with a recorded history of nearly 5,000 years. A fossil anthropoid unearthed in Yuanmou in Yunnan Province, "Yuanmou Man," who lived approximately 1.7 million years ago, is China's earliest primitive man known so far. "Peking Man," who lived in the Zhoukoudian area near Beijing 600,000 years ago, was able to walk upright, make and use simple tools, and knew how to make fire. The Neolithic Age started in China about 10,000 years ago, and relics from this period can be found all over the country. Artificially grown rice and millet as well as farming tools have been found in the remains of Hemudu Site in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, and Banpo Site, near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, respectively. These relics date back some 6,000 - 7,000 years.